NTP Software® and Kanematsu Electronics Form Partner Agreement to Support Growing Storage Demand in Japan

August 10, 2007Nashua, NH

NTP Software, the first in the control and management of unstructured data, has strategically partnered with Kanematsu Electronics Ltd. (KEL), a leading provider of IT solutions, in an effort to support customer demand for data management solutions in Japan. With recent statistics from IDC stating that the worldwide storage software market has experienced 11.4% growth over the past year reaching revenues of $2.7 billion, the expansion into the Japanese market has become a strong focal point for NTP Software.

“We are extremely excited that KEL, a well established and highly skilled partner, has decided to sell NTP Software solutions in Japan,” stated Claus Schroeder, vice president of world wide channel, NTP Software. “We are looking at Japan as one of our strategic markets for the future and it was very important for us to find the right partner. With this partnership we are now able to supply our solutions to a new market and continue to provide our customers with the highest level of support, which they deserve.”

It has become increasingly urgent that companies seek to maximize efficiency in their networked storage in order to start implementing proper data management solutions and best practices that their end user can identify with and understand. KEL will be offering the following NTP Software Solutions to joint customers in order to meet the growing demand to control and manage storage.

NTP Software QFS®
Provide your organization with a way to protect your network storage and to control escalating storage costs and risks associated with unstructured data. NTP Software QFS gives you the control you need to ensure consistent quality and service in the context of continually increasing demand for storage resources.

NTP Software Storage M&A™
A heuristic-based analytical engine that provides analysis and reports on the health and risk of an organization’s storage environment. NTP Software Storage M&A offers the ability to explore the ins and outs of what is happening with your storage so that you can come to understand your organization’s patterns of use and predict future storage consumption.

NTP Software SBS™
Provide detailed information about the storage consumption within your enterprise along with the ability to assert a high degree of customization over the cost of the storage consumption per gigabyte.

About Kanematsu Electronics
Kanematsu Electronics Ltd. (KEL) designs and implements information systems and supplies operation and consulting services for business based on KEL’s expertise in information technology. KEL imports, exports, retails, leases, maintains, develops and manufactures IT system products and software.

About NTP Software®
Founded in 1994, NTP Software is the worldwide leader in the control and analysis of storage. We create platform-independent products that enable our customers to control and manage their storage environments.

NTP Software is based in Nashua, NH, and is privately held. NTP Software is located on the web at www.ntpsoftware.com, and can be reached at (800) 226-2755 or (603) 622-4400, or via email at info@ntpsoftware.com.